§ 27-3. License application and issuance.

(a)

Any person desiring a license required by this chapter shall make application therefor in writing to the director of administration and regulatory affairs on a form provided by the director for that purpose stating where the business is to be located and the residential addresses of the owner and the operator. Such application shall be subscribed and sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths. Such application shall state that neither the applicant nor any business partner, nor, in the case of a corporation, any corporate officer, have had a license revoked under any city ordinance governing the business described herein.

(b)

Upon the receipt of such application, the director of administration and regulatory affairs shall investigate the items in the application. If neither the applicant, his business partners, nor any corporate officers have had a license revoked as described above, the director of administration and regulatory affairs shall notify the applicant that it has been approved and shall issue a license to the applicant upon payment of the license fee.

(c)

If the director of administration and regulatory affairs rejects the application, written notice, by certified mail, return receipt requested, shall be given to the applicant at the address stated in the application. The applicant shall have 30 days from the date of mailing thereof to appeal the rejection of his application to the city council by filing written notice of such appeal with the city secretary. Upon receipt of such notice, the city council shall hear evidence regarding the rejection of the application and shall, based upon the preponderance of the evidence, sustain or overrule such rejection. The city council shall give written notice of its action within ten days of its decision and such decision shall be final.

(Code 1968, § 27½-3; Ord. No. 76-145, § 1(3), 2-3-76; Ord. No. 08-52, § 49, 1-16-08, eff. 1-26-08)